Crown glass (window)
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Crown glass is a type of hand-blown glass that was used in windows prior to the development of sheet window glass production.
Crown glass
Glassblowing
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Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble with the aid of a blowpipe. A person who blows glass is called a glassblower, while the head of a glassblowi
Crown glass (window)
…one of the two most common processes for making window glass until the 19th century. The other was blown plate. In the crown glass process, glass was blown into a "crown" or hollow globe. This was then transferred from the blowpipe to a punty and then flattened by reheating and spinning out the bowl-shaped…
A glassworker blows air into the glass, creating a cavity inside.
A stage in the manufacture of a Bristol blue glass ship's decanter. The blowpipe is being held in the glassblower's left hand. The glass is glowing yellow.
Glassworking in a hot shop in New York City
Glassblower Jean-Pierre Canlis sculpting a section of his piece "Insignificance"